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Josh Hawley
January 26, 2021
Alex Shephard
Why Josh Hawley is Playing the Victim
The Missouri senator probably won’t shut up about how he was “silenced” any time soon.
January 15, 2021
Alex Shephard
How the GOP Fell in Love With Cancel Culture
A concept popularized by online media has fully migrated to the Republican fever swamps.
January 6, 2021
Alex Shephard
Georgia Shows the GOP’s Dismal Future Without Trump
The Republican Party is in disarray.
January 6, 2021
Alex Shephard
Trump Is Finally Tearing the GOP Apart
The outgoing president’s demand that Republicans back him at all costs on every issue will have serious repercussions for years to come.
January 5, 2021
Matt Ford
The Dangerous Historical Precedent for Ted Cruz’s Shameless Electoral College Gambit
The Texas senator claims to be moved by the spirit of 1876, but he’s just another huckster playing a risky game with democracy.
January 5, 2021
Alex Shephard
Trump Blew Up Ted Cruz’s Cynical Plan to Contest the Election
The president’s extraordinary call with Georgia’s secretary of state is proof that Republicans in Congress are laundering an attempted coup.
December 31, 2020
Matt Ford
The Future of Trumpism Is Not Josh Hawley. It’s Trump.
Why are Republicans so sure the outgoing president won’t run again in 2024?
December 29, 2020
Matt Ford
Mitch McConnell Is Giving Us a Sneak Preview of the Political Hell to Come
The Senate majority leader is poisoning a bipartisan effort to increase stimulus checks to $2,000—and foreshadowing his tactics under a Biden administration.
October 27, 2020
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David Roth
How Don Jr. Became the Future of Trumpism
Can the prodigal son keep the party going?
October 22, 2020
Osita Nwanevu
Cultural Resentment Is Conservatives’ New Religion
Trump believes that liberals somehow rule America despite having minority political power. Even his Republican skeptics are ready to preach that lie if he loses the election.
October 7, 2020
Melissa Gira Grant
Imagining the Post-Trump Internet
The idea that social media platforms need to be made civilly or even criminally liable for harmful content appears to be gaining ground in Congress.
September 9, 2020
Matt Ford
Trump Is Waging a One-Sided Judicial War Against Democrats
His latest Supreme Court shortlist includes Senate allies Ted Cruz and Tom Cotton, and seems designed to goad Biden into a response.
August 4, 2020
Jacob Silverman
TikTok and America’s Bleak Techno-Nationalism
The app’s acquisition might be good for Microsoft. But what about the rest of us?
May 28, 2020
Jacob Silverman
The End of the Backlash to Big Tech
Only a few months ago, Silicon Valley was the subject of intense criticism in Washington and beyond. Then the pandemic struck.
April 29, 2020
Adam Weinstein
The Bipartisan Appeal of “Yellow Peril” Politics
The coronavirus pandemic is exactly the excuse Washington has been looking for to start a conflict with China.
April 18, 2020
Osita Nwanevu
Donald Trump’s Coronavirus Death Cult Takes to the Streets
The president has transformed yesterday’s Tea Party revolutionaries into worshippers of authoritarian power in Washington.
July 25, 2019
Alexander Zaitchik
Is Josh Hawley For Real?
How the junior senator from Missouri has become the face of the post-liberal movement—and positioned himself as the philosophical heir to Trump.
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